Tag: Driving

10/27/16--The percentage of traffic deaths in which at least one driver tested positive for drugs has nearly doubled over a decade, raising alarms as five states are set to vote on legalization of marijuana. Amid a disquieting increase in overall U.S. traffic fatalities, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has tracked an upswing in the percentage of drivers testing positive for illegal drugs and prescription medications. Read

10/24/16--Reisa Clardy, the widow of a state trooper killed by a driver allegedly high on marijuana, is speaking out against legalization of the drug in a wrenching new web video. Her husband was killed in March when a medical marijuana patient swerved across the highway and slammed into his cruiser. Clardy says, “There’s going to be more accidents, there’s going to be more fatalities, you’re going to have families that are going to be without their loved ones.” Read

10/19/16--The University of California at San Diego's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research is in the early stages of conducting a two-year driving study that could help determine marijuana’s effects on driving with an emphasis on the key to understanding impaired driving. Read

9/15/16--A study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that there were fewer drivers killed in car crashes who tested positive for opioids in states with medical marijuana laws than before the laws went into effect. The study is one of the first to assess the link between state medical marijuana laws and opioid use at the individual level. Read

9/14/16--Hound Labs has developed a marijuana breathalyzer for distribution across police stations in the U.S. to begin a nationwide test to see if they can monitor people operating motor vehicles while under the influence of pot, and drivers in California were among the first to be tested. Read

9/10/16--Police say a driver who crashed his car into a house was arrested after drugs were found inside his car. Police say when officers looked inside the car, they spotted three bags of marijuana which contained about three to four pounds of the drug. Read

9/12/16--The Washington Department of Licensing written knowledge test expanded in recent weeks — from 25 to 40 questions — to cover more of the topics today’s drivers are expected to understand, including driving under the influence of marijuana and leaving the cellphone alone. Read

9/8/16--The new “potalyzer” designed by Stanford engineers applies the same magnetic nanotechnology used in cancer screenings to detect THC molecules in saliva after someone lights up, and to also measure the concentration of the drug in someone’s spit. Read